With pasta and pesto, the 2004 Clos Roche Blanche "Numero 5" Sauvignon
(Touraine). Rich Sauvignon catpee/gooseberry nose, with some
grapefruit/Fresca© notes over gooseberry and green apple fruit (I like
Fresca, the only soft drink I ever buy). A little too cold at first, as
it warmed some mineral/flinty notes appeared on a fairly long finish.
Now, at some point I seem to have some memory (real? imagined?) that an
earlier vintage of the #5 was supposed to be a section that got some
botrytis, but I don't get any sign of that here. What I do get is some
rich ripe deep Sauvignon Blanc fruit (to tell you the truth, blind I
would probably guessed NZ, but damn good NZ), but with the mineral
notes adding a lot of complexity. Nice interesting wine. B+

As noted before, I picked up a half-bottle of the 2002 Pagodes de Cos
(St. Estephe) for $9 since I had quite liked the 2002 Cos d'Estournel.
Opened a half while baching it Thursday. Lots of oak, and surprisingly
big/hard tannins for a second. But there's quite a bit of cassis and
blackberry fruit. Might be decent if the oak integrates in a few years.
I might pick up a few more 375s next time I'm through Scarsdale for
2010 or so, but if they sell out before I get there I won't cry. B/B-

With a small steak and a red-wine & shallot sauce, the 2002 Ch.
Lagrange (St. Julien). Dense deep blackcurrant/cassis fruit, earth and
leather on the nose, but not quite as expressive as a few months ago -
I think this is shutting down a bit. At moment a B/B+, but this is an
excellent structured wine for the price ($22) that needs to allowed to
rest a bit.

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.